Evora Tyres

[elise2000]

Hi All

After some new rear tyres for the Evora - according to wiki they are 255/35R19 MO1 Pirelli P-Zeros.

I've had a dealer price of £300 each fitted - am I missing something, or are these the same tyres that are on blackcircles for £166 fitted?

Many thanks!

[johnwilliams77]

Dealer is having a laugh. I got them for about £130 delivered each. Recent receipt for a front PLUS a rear(punctures)

Edited by johnwilliams77 on Monday 11th July 20:45

[blueg33]

Dealer is taking the piss. We should really be told who to avoid. Shame about ph rules

[elise2000]

Just found them for £134 on tyreleader... Think the dealer makes a nice margin on tyres!

[stuno1]

Couldn't find the lotus Evora pirellis when looking for mine but I have the 20's on the rear. I went with continental sport contact 6 tyres all around. Not had a chance to fully test them yet but they get fantastic reviews.

[johnwilliams77]

elise2000 said:

Just found them for £134 on tyreleader... Think the dealer makes a nice margin on tyres!

That seems about right
My front might have been sub 100

[Boogs]

Tyreleader have been pretty much unbeatable for the last few years. Just find a local fitter.

[Boogs]

Tyreleader have been pretty much unbeatable for the last few years. Just find a local fitter.

[LotusAde]

I have used Tyreleader for the past 2 years. Last time they were £121 each I think. My Evora seemed to only do 4000 miles between rear sets though. Crazy!

[The Wookie]

blueg33 said:

Dealer is taking the piss. We should really be told who to avoid. Shame about ph rules

Might not be as simple as that, I know that with the 19/20 LS marked tyres that Lotus themselves paid a high price for the tyres to amortise having their own compound/construction. Even when I was working there virtually getting cost price I could get them for 100 quid cheaper on Camskill.

Even though there was a warehouse full of them next door I would literally order them off Camskill, deliver them to home, take them to the workshop and get my technicians to fit them

The dealers may be contracted to buy the tyres from Lotus in which case you're guaranteed a crap price! Alternatively they may just be taking the piss!

[blueg33]

The Wookie said:

blueg33 said:

Dealer is taking the piss. We should really be told who to avoid. Shame about ph rules

Might not be as simple as that, I know that with the 19/20 LS marked tyres that Lotus themselves paid a high price for the tyres to amortise having their own compound/construction. Even when I was working there virtually getting cost price I could get them for 100 quid cheaper on Camskill.

Even though there was a warehouse full of them next door I would literally order them off Camskill, deliver them to home, take them to the workshop and get my technicians to fit them

The dealers may be contracted to buy the tyres from Lotus in which case you're guaranteed a crap price! Alternatively they may just be taking the piss!

Hadn't thought of that.

But lotus sell them cheap via Motorsport auctions.


Edited to fix autocorrect nonsense

Edited by blueg33 on Thursday 14th July 10:17

[The Wookie]

blueg33 said:

Hadn't thought of that.

But lotus sell them chest via Motorsport auctions.

Perhaps things have changed since I've been there, either that or they need cash and are risking selling them at a loss!

[Bob vanM]

in some countries they are not allowed to sell tyres older than 2 or 3 years. old stock is normally sold cheaper (or by Lotus auction)
if you want fresh tyres then you pay 'normal' price
cheap fronts from Lotus are 2013 tyres !

[Si_man306]

After a long story, I ended up buying some pzero asymmetric's which were the sooper-dooper lotus compound (can't remember the code, L2 I think or similar) they were £915 a pop. Thankfully lotus bought 3 and I ended up buying one of them.

Next time i'll be buying michelin pilot super sports which are great tyres, a hell of a lot cheaper and what the new evora 400 runs on.

[stuno1]

That's ridiculous! Cost me 780 ish for 4 conti contact sport 6 tyres.

[The Wookie]

Si_man306 said:

After a long story, I ended up buying some pzero asymmetric's which were the sooper-dooper lotus compound (can't remember the code, L2 I think or similar) they were £915 a pop. Thankfully lotus bought 3 and I ended up buying one of them.

Next time i'll be buying michelin pilot super sports which are great tyres, a hell of a lot cheaper and what the new evora 400 runs on.

Great tyres but considerable setup changes to get the handling and response back to Lotus standards!

The LS marked Pirelli r20 rears are on Camskill for about £420 quid!

[Si_man306]

That's it- the LS. They've stopped making them though meaning that many advertise or claim that they're cheaper but then can't find any. I'll re check camskill though as they were the 20's...(the £915 was direct from lotus Hethel)

Wookie...do you mean new set up required for the pilot super sports? The poise and sheer drip of the evora now is ridiculous, I had it hunter realigned once I had the new tyres on. Annoyingly the garage were reluctant to take it out of 'standard settings' even though I asked them to reduce the camber on the rear to below 1 degree to reduce wear so i'm not sure how i'd get the alignment right if the super sports needed something different....

Edited by Si_man306 on Friday 22 July 23:04

[Si_man306]

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m63b0s343p101534/Pirelli...

Are they them? If so, that's £500 up the sh***er then....argh. Oh well we live and learn....

This is why I usually steer clear of mean dealers!!

• edit- main dealers, but i'll just leave that there!

Edited by Si_man306 on Saturday 23 July 10:40

[johnwilliams77]

I'll stick to my sub £150 19" p zeros
Mad prices

[The Wookie]

Si_man306 said:

That's it- the LS. They've stopped making them though meaning that many advertise or claim that they're cheaper but then can't find any. I'll re check camskill though as they were the 20's...(the £915 was direct from lotus Hethel)

Wookie...do you mean new set up required for the pilot super sports? The poise and sheer drip of the evora now is ridiculous, I had it hunter realigned once I had the new tyres on. Annoyingly the garage were reluctant to take it out of 'standard settings' even though I asked them to reduce the camber on the rear to below 1 degree to reduce wear so i'm not sure how i'd get the alignment right if the super sports needed something different....

Edited by Si_man306 on Friday 22 July 23:04

Didn't realise they'd stopped making them, that is a massive pain!

Yep, Spring rates, damper changes the lot! The 400 has got a considerably different setup on it and not just to change the ride/handling compromise focus of the car

Find a different place with a hunter, I dropped the camber to just under 1 degree on my SR and had a minimal impact on the handling; slight reduction in ultimate rear end grip but transitioned more gradually, nothing you'd notice on the road and you get the added benefit of better tracking stability on the motorway. I got over 20k out of a set of rears!